When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.